The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2110
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
10:14 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2321
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.77° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.34° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.